World live premiere of U2′s “Breathe”

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  Jono February 23, 2009 at 10:49 pm

  are you kidding me????
  AWESOME, BEYOND AWESOME-

  Yeah…100% pissed at Paul Mc or whomever though GOYB should be the first single-Good tumne, but just like Fast Cars wouldn’t have been the first release for Bomb. Should have been Miracle Drug or COBL, but that is behind us now…

  The future of music just got it’s official kiss!!

  If Breathe sounds like this, can you all imagine, NLOTH or magnificent…or even better, IGCIIDGCT!!
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  Jono February 23, 2009 at 10:49 pm

  are you kidding me????
  AWESOME, BEYOND AWESOME-

  Yeah…100% pissed at Paul Mc or whomever though GOYB should be the first single-Good tumne, but just like Fast Cars wouldn’t have been the first release for Bomb. Should have been Miracle Drug or COBL, but that is behind us now…

  The future of music just got it’s official kiss!!

  If Breathe sounds like this, can you all imagine, NLOTH or magnificent…or even better, IGCIIDGCT!!
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  Jono February 23, 2009 at 11:14 pm

  maybe i am the last to point this out-
  but after seeing, USA, German and now French flags a flyin’…
  are they planning one of these ‘events’ for each G8 country??
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  Jono February 23, 2009 at 11:14 pm

  maybe i am the last to point this out-
  but after seeing, USA, German and now French flags a flyin’…
  are they planning one of these ‘events’ for each G8 country??
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  Caroline February 23, 2009 at 11:17 pm

  Maybe they fit in these promo gigs with Bono’s schedule instead of the other way around. Whichever country’s politician he needs to talk to gets the gig.
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  Caroline February 23, 2009 at 11:17 pm

  Maybe they fit in these promo gigs with Bono’s schedule instead of the other way around. Whichever country’s politician he needs to talk to gets the gig.
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  pearls February 23, 2009 at 11:46 pm

  Wow can’t wait for the concert tour. Breathe was one of my favorites from the 45 scond clip but this song sounds even better live. This new CD played on great speakers is going to enhance this music no doubt. However, based on this performance and playing this music live will make it go into another dimension.
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  pearls February 23, 2009 at 11:46 pm

  Wow can’t wait for the concert tour. Breathe was one of my favorites from the 45 scond clip but this song sounds even better live. This new CD played on great speakers is going to enhance this music no doubt. However, based on this performance and playing this music live will make it go into another dimension.
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  mike February 24, 2009 at 12:15 am

  yeah – great versions of both (though just comparing Breathe to the recorded one_ bodes well for the tour 0 and getting used to this majestic album Mike
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  mike February 24, 2009 at 12:15 am

  yeah – great versions of both (though just comparing Breathe to the recorded one_ bodes well for the tour 0 and getting used to this majestic album Mike
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  djdoublem February 24, 2009 at 2:31 am

  Wow – great versions of both songs. I can’t get over Adam’s dancing and jumping around from about the 3:00 minute mark onwards on Boots. I can’t remember seeing him that jazzed up during a song.
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  djdoublem February 24, 2009 at 2:31 am

  Wow – great versions of both songs. I can’t get over Adam’s dancing and jumping around from about the 3:00 minute mark onwards on Boots. I can’t remember seeing him that jazzed up during a song.
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  u2soundlibrary February 24, 2009 at 4:12 am

  Anyone got a copy of this performance in FLAC format?
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  u2soundlibrary February 24, 2009 at 4:12 am

  Anyone got a copy of this performance in FLAC format?
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  snorkel February 24, 2009 at 12:59 pm

  @Jono: I don’t know, GOYB seems to continue a U2 tradition of releasing the most … shall we say light-hearted rock song from the album as the first single… The Fly, Numb, Pop, Elevation, Vertigo, GOYB..

  I look at that list and I see great, great tunes, and GOYB doesn’t seem out of place to me. To me the first single is the heart, the second single is the soul.

  The performance of Breathe is *fantastic*. I’m still waiting for launch day to hear the new album, so this is my first exposure to Breathe and I am very, very excited.
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  snorkel February 24, 2009 at 12:59 pm

  @Jono: I don’t know, GOYB seems to continue a U2 tradition of releasing the most … shall we say light-hearted rock song from the album as the first single… The Fly, Numb, Pop, Elevation, Vertigo, GOYB..

  I look at that list and I see great, great tunes, and GOYB doesn’t seem out of place to me. To me the first single is the heart, the second single is the soul.

  The performance of Breathe is *fantastic*. I’m still waiting for launch day to hear the new album, so this is my first exposure to Breathe and I am very, very excited.
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  Orlando February 24, 2009 at 1:06 pm

  Hey Snorkel you can hear the album NOW at http://www.myspace.com/u2
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  Orlando February 24, 2009 at 1:06 pm

  Hey Snorkel you can hear the album NOW at http://www.myspace.com/u2
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  snorkel February 24, 2009 at 1:58 pm

  @Orlando, thanks, but I’m fine with waiting for the official release. Besides, I don’t want my first listen of the new album to be tainted by the fact that I had to go to effing Myspace.com to do so. *shudder*
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  snorkel February 24, 2009 at 1:58 pm

  @Orlando, thanks, but I’m fine with waiting for the official release. Besides, I don’t want my first listen of the new album to be tainted by the fact that I had to go to effing Myspace.com to do so. *shudder*
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  becue nico February 24, 2009 at 2:50 pm

  hello from belgium i think maybe the next tou will be called the magnificent tour joke joke
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  becue nico February 24, 2009 at 2:50 pm

  hello from belgium i think maybe the next tou will be called the magnificent tour joke joke
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  WSTK-ITV February 24, 2009 at 4:19 pm

  After, hearing bits and pieces of U-2′s new album, no line on the horizon, the prophetic song writing vein is continuing to live on….in the heart of Bono. There’s more to this group that meeta the eye. Call it an element of divine intervention coming upon the heart of man in the form of a song, and call it U-2….Keep it boys! Let’s continue to give the future “A Big Kiss”.
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  WSTK-ITV February 24, 2009 at 4:19 pm

  After, hearing bits and pieces of U-2′s new album, no line on the horizon, the prophetic song writing vein is continuing to live on….in the heart of Bono. There’s more to this group that meeta the eye. Call it an element of divine intervention coming upon the heart of man in the form of a song, and call it U-2….Keep it boys! Let’s continue to give the future “A Big Kiss”.
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  Paddie 09 February 24, 2009 at 7:55 pm

  Wow! BREATHE …my first full hearing of anything else off the album except for 60 second clips on the Irish Times website. Sounds rawer than anything off the last 2 albums. Uncut Mag in their review say it’s their least immediate album but possibly their most enduring. They sound like a younger band here. It’s fresh. That guitar groove reminds me of them live at the Hammersmith Palais circa 1983!
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  Paddie 09 February 24, 2009 at 7:55 pm

  Wow! BREATHE …my first full hearing of anything else off the album except for 60 second clips on the Irish Times website. Sounds rawer than anything off the last 2 albums. Uncut Mag in their review say it’s their least immediate album but possibly their most enduring. They sound like a younger band here. It’s fresh. That guitar groove reminds me of them live at the Hammersmith Palais circa 1983!
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  Jedi February 24, 2009 at 10:35 pm

  “Two things I want you to know… THREE.” Ah, god bless dyslexic rockstars!
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  Jedi February 24, 2009 at 10:35 pm

  “Two things I want you to know… THREE.” Ah, god bless dyslexic rockstars!
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  Jerome De Greef February 25, 2009 at 1:14 am

  Don’t forget, Canal+ sucks major asses… That’s why GOYB is not available anymore. Well at least on youtube… which sucks as well.
  I don’t know if U2 are aware of this but if someone has rights on these songs it’s them, not Canal+
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  Jerome De Greef February 25, 2009 at 1:14 am

  Don’t forget, Canal+ sucks major asses… That’s why GOYB is not available anymore. Well at least on youtube… which sucks as well.
  I don’t know if U2 are aware of this but if someone has rights on these songs it’s them, not Canal+
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  James February 25, 2009 at 2:09 am

  first off, jono u are very annoying. SEcond this is amazing, i cant waitfor the cd monday. I just wish you would come to Atlanta!!!
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  James February 25, 2009 at 2:09 am

  first off, jono u are very annoying. SEcond this is amazing, i cant waitfor the cd monday. I just wish you would come to Atlanta!!!
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  Jono February 25, 2009 at 2:17 am

  James, what the heck did i do to deserve that?
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  Jono February 25, 2009 at 2:17 am

  James, what the heck did i do to deserve that?
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  craig February 25, 2009 at 3:16 am

  i love seeing bono so cocksure of himself you can tell the whole band has a ton of confidence this go around.
  “PLEASE”!
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  craig February 25, 2009 at 3:16 am

  i love seeing bono so cocksure of himself you can tell the whole band has a ton of confidence this go around.
  “PLEASE”!
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  mofo_71 February 25, 2009 at 4:59 am

  I reckon “Breathe” will get even better once they’re on the road. Likewise the start of “Boots” live is already in tour mode
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  mofo_71 February 25, 2009 at 4:59 am

  I reckon “Breathe” will get even better once they’re on the road. Likewise the start of “Boots” live is already in tour mode
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  Jedi February 25, 2009 at 11:53 am

  I love this song, it’s the best song REM never wrote. Larry and Adam’s rhythm washes over you like waves on a beach, brilliantly done.
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  Jedi February 25, 2009 at 11:53 am

  I love this song, it’s the best song REM never wrote. Larry and Adam’s rhythm washes over you like waves on a beach, brilliantly done.